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Severe storms in Turkey leave 9 dead. 11 are still missing after a cargo ship sank in the Black Sea

Severe storms in Turkey leave 9 dead. 11 are still missing after a cargo ship sank in the Black Sea

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Severe storms and flooding have left nine people dead across Turkey, officials said Monday, including one seaman who died when a cargo ship sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast. Eleven other crew were reported missing.
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Papua New Guinea volcano erupts and Japan says it's assessing a possible tsunami risk to its islands

TOKYO (AP) — A volcano in Papua New Guinea erupted on Monday, and the Japan Meteorological Agency said it was assessing a possible risk of a tsunami for Japanese coasts.
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A curious South African sea snail is a prized dish in Asia. That has meant a trail of destruction

A curious South African sea snail is a prized dish in Asia. That has meant a trail of destruction

HAWSTON, South Africa (AP) — Nearly every house in Hawston has a boat in its yard, sometimes two. It takes a moment to realize many are out of action, grass sprouting through holes in hulls that haven't touched water for years.
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Fires in Brazil threaten jaguars, houses and plants in the world's largest tropical wetlands

Fires in Brazil threaten jaguars, houses and plants in the world's largest tropical wetlands

POCONE, BRAZIL (AP) — Firefighters in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands earlier this month celebrated the end of the fire season on Facebook, saying in a Nov. 7 post that “it is a relief for everyone who lives in the region.” They spoke too soon.
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Extreme weather can hit farmers hard. Those with smaller farming operations often pay the price

Extreme weather can hit farmers hard. Those with smaller farming operations often pay the price

MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Justin Ralph estimates he's made about 200 trips delivering grain from the fields he farms with his brother and uncle this year.
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Tiny beetle to the rescue of N.S. hemlocks attacked by woolly invasive insect

Tiny beetle to the rescue of N.S. hemlocks attacked by woolly invasive insect

FREDERICTON — On comfortable beds of wood shavings inside multiple boxes, 3,600 Laricobius nigrinus beetles made overnight journeys last month from the forests of British Columbia all the way to southwestern Nova Scotia.
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B.C. stream watchers link 'unprecedented' coho salmon kill to tire toxin and drought

B.C. stream watchers link 'unprecedented' coho salmon kill to tire toxin and drought

VANCOUVER — John Barker has been volunteering with the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society for more than 20 years and says he's never seen anything like it, dozens of coho salmon, pre-spawn and silvery, looking fresh from the sea, dead at the mouth o
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Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push

Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: stop the spread of invasive carp. Over the last five years, agencies such as the U.S.
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Maine and Massachusetts are the last states to keep bans on Sunday hunting. That might soon change

Maine and Massachusetts are the last states to keep bans on Sunday hunting. That might soon change

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Some states are steadily chipping away at longstanding bans on Sunday hunting, and there's a push to overturn the laws in Maine and Massachusetts, the final two states with full bans.
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Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia

Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia

Skyrocketing sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Increasing the cost of bread would mean declining sales, so the Nigerian baker decided to cut his production by half.
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